Never Try, Never Fail

I'm captivated with your kindness,

And your innate desire to do good,

Where I am so much your opposite,

Looking out for myself only—

Not evil, but not far off.

Some days I feel you would give your heart

If I just asked, a lung—or both—if I so desired.

You are the acme of my wasted efforts,

The face of my deepest sorrow.

I can see sadness has touched your lips,

The lips I see even when I sleep—

And I wish I was exaggerating

But I often wake forgetting you're not here

Just because I wouldn't let you speak.

As your words, with touches of grief,

Carry to my ears I watched your smile

Disappear from you darling face—

Turning away beneath his arm.

We live a world where you must always leave,

And my ego keeps me blind

Forevermore.

DannYetman

www.yetmanpoetry.blogspot.com